A rebound on Wall Street—where every job creates two more across New York City’s five boroughs—may result in smaller-than-forecast job losses throughout the city. Some 47,000 securities jobs were predicted to disappear during the recession, but a rapid improvement in the industry means losses ‘are unlikely to exceed 35,000.’

HumanConcepts is one company offering short-term or operational workforce planning software. In the scenario shown here using HumanConcepts’ OrgPlus Enterprise software, fictitious senior vice president Glen Finley needs to reduce his workforce cost from $5.4 million to $5 million.

The city has lost about 116,000 jobs since the financial crisis struck a year ago and now faces a $5 billion budget deficit. But Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is seeking a third term in office, said job losses were expected to be closer to 220,000.